A Tick

5 days ago | screendaily.com | A Tick |Jeremy Kay

EXCLUSIVE: Magnify has bolstered its Cannes sales slate with international rights to Peter Ohs’ recent SXSW genre-bender The True Beauty Of Being Bitten By A Tick. The Narrative Spotlight premiere stars Zoë Chao, whose credits include Bubble & Squeak, as a young woman whose idyllic rural escape unravels after a tick bite triggers a series of unsettling transformations. The cast includes Callie Hernandez (Jethica, La La Land), Jeremy O. Harris (The Sweet East), and James Cusati-Moyer (Maestro).

1 month ago | elementsofmadness.com | Douglas Davidson |A Tick

For the third year in a row, Elements of Madness will officially be covering The Overlook Film Festival and, as the sole member of the team “attending,” I thought I’d offer up a few recommendations of what to check out during the fest or what to keep an eye out for in wider distribution. **These recommendations are primarily based on reading the summaries and finding them intriguing.

1 month ago | collider.com | A Tick |Jasneet Singh |Perri Nemiroff

Collider's Perri Nemiroff talks to the director and cast of The True Beauty of Being Bitten By a Tick at SXSW 2025. Director Pete Ohs details his unique approach to filmmaking, advises new filmmakers to be experimental, and revisits working with Charlie XCX. The cast discusses breaking barriers, resourcefulness, shared bathrooms, and past and future projects, including Euphoria.

2 months ago | dreadcentral.com | A Tick |Mary Beth McAndrews

SXSW 2025 is coming to a close and it was truly a banger year for the festival when it came to genre showings. From goopy sci-fi to a sex worker’s journey through Trashtown, the genre films on display here knocked it out of the park with fascinating stories, horrific imagery, and a deep love of crafting uniquely twisted stories.

2 months ago | filmmakermagazine.com | A Tick |Scott Macaulay

Back to selection by Scott Macaulay in Festivals & Events on Mar 7, 2025 SXSW 2025 The 2025 SXSW Film and TV Festival kicks off today in Austin, TX, and below are 19 films that we at Filmmaker are particularly excited about and recommend you check out. It Ends. The title is a promise in 25 New Face Alexander Ullom’s brain-teasing debut feature, premiering as the director is all of 27 years old.